Understand the questions before seeking the answers!

It’s been a long time since I wrote something. Not that I have
not been writing, because that’s something I can’t stop doing, it
serves as therapy to me. But yes, I definitely have been out of
writing materials to publish or post. The reason for this has
been a long tough phase in my life which I would say I haven’t
been able to withstand quite well.

It’s been a long while since I experienced optimism about my
life, career, and love. Everything has been either at a
standstill or on a downhill roll and hence, the reason for my
absence from all social media platforms. I have not yet been able
to figure out what is happening around me. But in the whole
process of it, a few questions have arisen.

I’m sure during times of happiness we do not question things
around us and in our lives, but once we stop getting what we want
or deserve, we start seeking answers to questions our mind never
even thought of. That is probably what an uncertain and chaotic
phase in your life does to you. It either destroys you or awakens
the intellectual side in you.

Will I ever be able to figure out what’s happening around me? Is
that what we humans are supposed to do? Questions about our
existence and the purpose of our lives were raised in texts as
well as religious scriptures thousands of years ago, but the real
question that still exists is: how to survive without being
able to get affected by what’s happening around you?

How do we find peace in what’s happening around us?

How do we make peace with the uncertainties in life?

How do we believe that despite our efforts what’s happening
around us is in our best interest?

And how do we come to revere the gift of this life more than
any other thing in this world?

Shouldn’t the feeling of being alive be more than enough to make
you feel full of gratitude? Shouldn’t your loved ones being by
your side just make you feel content and happy? But then why do
we measure ourselves and our capabilities by what the world says?
Why do we take the efforts to answer the questions people throw
at us? Does that really matter? Is success something what people
have defined for us, or is it what makes us feel worthy of living
this life?

Being surrounded by pessimism and envy, I had learnt the power of
acknowledging and nurturing my thoughts. And my thoughts made for
not only peace inside me but peace around me as well. But
sometimes hard situations end up making you feel lost and lonely
and you begin to lose control over your thoughts. You start to
question the people around you, and the things they demand from
you. You start to question whether all your relationships are
worth the effort. When should you not give up and when should
you let go? When should you be emotional and when to lose all
feelings and stop yourself from getting destroyed? I had read
somewhere, “you can’t protect your heart by pretending not to
have one”. But when does one decide the right time for all
these actions? What situations can make your coldness answerable
and what situations can show your worth by not giving up?

It’s confusing, to think and even to write. But then what is life
if it not confusing, if it not uncertain, and if it doesn’t make
you question your existence? What are we humans living for? Are
we trying to attain enlightenment and turn into our higher
selves, or are we trying to lose this precious life to return to
our basic instincts?

What is life all about? What is hatred for? What is destruction
for? What is religion for? Why are we bound by society when we
should be guarded by it? Why can’t we live on our terms? Why is
it so hard to accept individuality; in thoughts as well as in
actions? Is acceptance that hard? Is change that difficult? Is
Karma to be blamed, or Destiny?

These are some quintessential questions that form the basics of a
human being’s life. I feel we can sort out our lives by just
understanding these fundamentals. I want you all to think about
these and leave comments on your versions of these questions and
what you think would be the suitable answers for them. And then
the next few blogs will be a version of my answers to all these
questions. And since everyone’s life is different, the versions
also have to be different. That is what Unity in Diversity is.
Different answers to the same questions is what unites us all as
humans.

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